ROLE OF FATHER IN THE WORK KHALID HUSSEIN
Keywords:
Keywords: guilt, betrayal, discrimination, human relationsAbstract
Abstract: The current study undertakes a detailed analysis of Khaled
Hosseini‟s The Kite Runner representative novel. Hosseini, an Afghan born
American writer depicts a war-torn Afghanistan in various universal themes i.e.,
family re-union, discrimination, regret, childhood, guilt, womanhood, betrayal,
religion and salvation that played a considerable role in abating commission of
crimes in Afghanistan during pre and post-Taliban periods which ended up
shaping the interminable psychological scars of the protagonist. In his work,
Hosseini reveals the devastating status of Afghans in general and women and
children in particular who have, for decades, been irrationally marginalized and
confined to the four walls of their homes by the society. His quests for wealth,
love, loyalty and unqualified peace among Afghan citizenry whom he equates to
have rights just like other human beings globally is the only means through which
the protagonist considers a key to chart out a new future.
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